City Of... (mas y mas)

More astounding city poems, inspired by Walt Whitman's "City of Ships." Some students ended up on focusing on one feature of the city (cars, or food, for instance), and others ventured into some fantastical areas. Angelica's, for example, seems to take an almost surrealistic free-associative approach.

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Ms. Vilchis, Rm. 202, 3rd grade

City of Movies
Nicole O.

Some people go to the movies
or sometimes people don’t like to go to
the movies.

One day we went to the
movies and there were lots of people.

Or sometimes people just come
to get popcorn.

And when the movie started
it was so fun and my sister was
laughing at the movie and some
people in the back said, Sh sh sh sh!


The Busy City
Zamira M.

City of cars
all day traffic.
Big cars small
cars all kinds of cars.

City of schools.
The teachers are
nice, cute like
Mrs. Javellana. She
is the best teacher.

City of buildings, people, stores,
and restaurants. People buying presents.

City of families going
to the park! Having picnics.

City of Chicago that
has the best
communities.

City of Balloons
Sergio H.

The sky is full of balloons.
When I go out the balloons fall
and more balloons fall.
Even the houses are made of balloons.
The trees have balloons on top.
The streets are made of balloons.
Everything is made of balloons.
Even cars are made of balloons, in the inside have more
balloons.
And roads are made of balloons, the road is longer
with balloons.
The schools have more more balloons to study.
And the grass is made of balloons.
Even the stores are made of tons of balloons.
The water is made of balloons.
The barn has a lot of balloons, the animals
do not have balloons.
The trucks, balloons on their backs.
And carried too many balloons to the
city. So people like to buy to many
things.


City of Animals
Fernando L.

City of animals, of horses. Horses are fast and wild, horses are real
dangerous because they’re fast. When they’re wild, as you hit the
horse, go faster ways and cowboys.

O City of animals getting cold in the streets and police’s
guns and cars, cold animals and last of all our people’s
dog. O animals, so sad animals, all cold in the
City.

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Mrs. Vazzana, Rm. 104, 3rd grade

City of Cats
Maricarmen J.

The cats are nice
Black cat has green eyes
They also can be busy
Cats like some people
I like the city of cats
They also have to clean their city
Big cats are mad
I think they are nie
Cats have their own city


City of Ships
Luis M.

City of ships Chicago has
animals. Chicago has a lot of
pencils. Chicago is a great city. Chicago
has a lot of papers. Chicago
has stores everywhere. There are
cats rats shrews skunks dogs snakes.
There are 60 million people in Chicago.
City of ships Chicago has a lot of
book bags.


A City of Chicago
Lisbeth S.

I see in Chicago trees.

And buildings.

And persons that are everywhere.

And I see animals.

And lights and stores.

Like K-Mart or Target Walgreens
Gorley Pelly’s Wal-Mart.

And I see schools.


City
Karina G.

City of people, black, white, teachers.
City of dogs, butterflies, bunnies.
City of stores, schools.
City of pizza, hotdogs, nachos.
Ciy of computers.
City of doctors.
City of houses.
City of toys.
City of flowers.
City of animal stores.
City of princesses.
City of poems.
City of teddy bears.


I See Something
Adeline S.

I see people in the city people

that are black and white people.

And I see school. And doctors.

And police that are nice. And
doctors that are so nice, and I see
little

children and cars passing around. And
building houses. And I see stores and
zoos.

And I see some dogs that are
big.

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Ms. Hamdan, Rm. B15, 3rd grade

The City
Angelica A.

City with a midway.
City with a highway.
City with California.
City with Colorado.
City with Africa.
City with schools.
City with Food 4 Less.
City with people who laugh.
City with people who care.
City with nice teachers.
City with learning.
City with subjects.
City with Asia.
City with North America.
City with oceans.
City with ghosts.
City with domes.
City with people.
City with stars.
City with books to read.
City with grass.
City with flowers.
City with fighting.
City with a card.
City with ships.
City with kites.
City with cups.
City with reading.
City with math.
City with Europe.
City with chips.
City with dogs.
City with cats.
City with a four-leaf clover.
City with monsters.


City of the World
Adrian D.

City of many people.

City! City with many libraries to
study.

City! City with many ships and
boats that sail the seven seas.

City! City with many skies with
clouds that look like nature.


Chicago’s Things…
Giselle H.

We are the city of BEAUTIFULNESS!
City with DRUNK people!
City of BUSY DOWNTOWN PEOPLE!
City with PARTY people!
City of screaming CRAZY people!
City with running HOLLERING kids who
can’t let you sleep!
City of ghosts who haunt you!
City with CRAZY LOCA people!
And city of FUNKY music
that ROCKS out the HOUSE!


City of Chicago
Amada G.

City towers with big
business. Chicago schools
to learn and learn!!
A lot of people in Chicago
to be friends together.
Teachers who learn and
students who go.
Chicago that has
storms to scare little
kids in the world
we live.


City of Chicago
Zalma R.

Oh City of Chicago!
People work to live,
People play to have fun,
People plant roses to have oxygen,
People eat to be healthy,
People oh people,
People build libraries to study and read,
People buy houses to live and clean,
People build schools to learn and read,
People oh people stop writing please oh
Please!!


City of Cars
Joel D.

City of cars.
cool cars
nice cars
boring cars
ugly cars
race cars
muscle cars
tuner cars
exotic cars
sports cars
80’s cars
alike cars
loop a loop cars
paper cars
40’s cars
Joel’s cars
Hamdan’s cars
leprechaun’s cars
summer cars
fixing cars
police cars
Jeff’s cars
Misterio’s cars
the Hardys’ cars
extended response cars
Patrick’s cars
Spongebob’s cars
Squarepants’ cars
Mr. Krab’s cars
Felipe’s cars
Carlos’ cars
Sebastian’s cars


City of People
Ashley A.

City of people I see people in
big restaurants.
City of people walking to the bus to
live.
City of people with babies walking
to the store.

City of people with big ships
in the lake.

City of people seeing the
animals.

City of people walking to go
shopping.

City of people singing lullabies
to their babies.

City of people driving in
trunks.


City of…
?

City of cars.
City with flowers with pollen.
City with stadiums.
City with the United Center.
City with people.

City with laughter.
City with teachers.
City with children.
City with Little Ceasar’s

City with parties.
City with birthdays.
City with countries.
City with cities.

City with libraries.
City with mirrors.
City with Chicago.